The Keeper of the Walls

by Monique Raphel High

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Pub Date Aug 16 2016 | Archive Date Aug 25 2016

Description

A family's entire heritage is threatened by one woman's lies... Pious and convent-bred, Lily Bruisson takes Twenties Paris by storm. Courted by two suitors, a Russian prince in exile, and a handsome American reporter, Lily chooses the prince. When disaster strikes Prince Mikhail Brasilov in the Thirties, he abandons his pretty wife and children for America. As the threat from Germany grows, Lily’s world narrows to a fight for her life. A life that changes dramatically after her mother confesses a secret so deadly, it could ruin them all. Lily vows to hide the truth of her mother's past. But secrets aren't meant to be kept, especially in a world of betrayal, when surviving the Occupation, and freedom from the Nazi Regime is as essential as the air they breathe. Lily turns to America reporter Mark MacDonald to save herself and her family when everything points to their eminent demise...all due to her mother's past .

A Note From the Publisher

This is a re-release of a novel published in 1985 by the predecessor of Penguin Random House. The original novel has been scanned from the original hardcover.

Advance Praise

“The Keeper of the Walls has all the markings of a maxi-mini—glamor, intrigue, sex, tsouris, all set against an elaborately detailed international background.—Variety
“The novel’s near-epic proportions, its regal cast, its sumptuous appointments, above all the famous shoulders that are rubbed…provide exotica that should appeal to readers and keep them turning the pages to see how the complexities are resolved.”—Publisher’s Weekly
“This is a powerful, sometimes disturbing story of a time which, as Ms. High says, ‘none of us should ever forget existed.’”—The Sunday Independent
“This is a vivid telling of the high passions which tear families and sometimes nations apart…”—The Macon Beacon
“The Keeper of the Walls is one of the finest novels I have read in a long, long time. The story is as every bit as captivating as Gone with the Wind.”—County Courier Times

Marketing Plan

This book is part of a summer launch blitz of Monique Raphel High Titles. Ms. High has sold hundreds of thousands of copies of her historical sagas. We're bringing them to readers for the first time in ebook and paperback.